Liberalization of Norms for Opening New Medical Colleges The Medical Council of India in consultation with the Central Government has already liberalized the norms for opening of new medical colleges to a great extent, which inter-alia indicate the following:- (i) Land requirement for setting up of medical colleges has been relaxed from 25 acres to 20 acres throughout the country; (ii) Land requirement relaxed from 20 acres to 10 acres based on permissible FAR/FSI in the Metropolitan and ‘A’ Grade cities viz. Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Greater Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Surat, Pune, Bangalore and Kanpur; (iii) Permission given to set up medical colleges in two pieces of land in the states of Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal for a period of 5 years with certain provisions. Further, this has been extended to other States for utilization of District hospitals by the respective State Governments; (iv) In hilly areas, notified tribal areas, North Eastern States, Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Daman & Diu, Dadara & Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep, the land can be in two pieces at a distance of not more than 10 km; (v) Bed occupancy has been relaxed in North Eastern States and Hilly States. (vi) Requirement of infrastructure like institution block, library, auditorium, examination hall, lecture theatres, etc. has been rationalized for optimal use; (vii) Companies registered under the Companies Act have also been allowed to establish medical colleges; (viii) The ceiling on age limit for appointment of medical faculty has been raised from 65 to 70 years; (ix) DNB qualification has been recognized for appointment as faculty to take care of shortage of faculty; (x) The ratio of teachers to students has been revised depending on disciplines and availability of faculty; (xi) Postgraduate and Graduate medical degrees of five English speaking countries viz. US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have been recognized for practice in India. These norms are applicable to all the states in which new medical colleges are opened under the provision of Indian Medical Council Act-1956. This information was given by the Minister for Health & Family Welfare Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today. By : Mr. Jameel Ahmed Khan, Vice President - Aurangabad City District Congress Committee, Aurangabad. President - Aurangabad City District Congress Committee(Higher & Technical Education Cell), Aurangabad. 9325208887, 9764418887, 9595108887. [email protected] / jameelak07@gmail
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